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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Norton Healthcare Limited, Castleford, Yorkshire, GB;
Neil Cammish, Salford Greater Manchester, GB;
Mark Horlock, Timperley Cheshire, GB;
Norton Healthcare Limited, Castleford, GB;
Abstract
A dispensing mechanism for administering a dosage of a medicament includes dosage setting means () for setting the dosage of a medicament to be administered; expelling means () for expelling a medicament from a medicament container; and coupling means () operatively coupled with the dosage setting means () and the expelling means (), wherein the coupling means () is arranged to convert displacement of the dosage setting means () into a displacement of the expelling means () in a first direction, wherein the expelling means () includes a ratchet means (), and wherein the mechanism includes a first and a second independently moveable resisting pawl () means facing a common side of the ratchet means (), the first and the second resisting pawl means () being configured to engage with the ratchet means () and resist displacement of the expelling means () in a second direction opposite to said first direction.